Scal"lion (?), n. [OF. escalone,
eschaloingne, L. caepa Ascalonia onion of Ascalon;
caepa onion + Ascalonius of Ascalon, fr. Ascalo
Ascalon, a town in Palestine. Cf. Shallot.] 1.
(Bot.) A kind of small onion (Allium Ascalonicum),
native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot.
2. Any onion which does not "bottom out," but
remains with a thick stem like a leek. Amer. Cyc.
Scal"lion (?), n. [OF. escalone,
eschaloingne, L. caepa Ascalonia onion of Ascalon;
caepa onion + Ascalonius of Ascalon, fr. Ascalo
Ascalon, a town in Palestine. Cf. Shallot.] 1.
(Bot.) A kind of small onion (Allium Ascalonicum),
native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot.
2. Any onion which does not "bottom out," but
remains with a thick stem like a leek. Amer. Cyc.
